The massive and irreversible inclusion of Latin American and Caribbean women in the workforce has highlighted the challenges of traditional interplay between work and family life. Responding to these tensions is an essential step towards gender equality and for more productive economies, says a joint report prepared by the ILO and UNDP. Today, more than 100 million women – un unprecedented number – throughout the region work, according to the report “Work and Family: A new call for public policies of reconciliation with social co-responsibility”. According to the report, 53 per cent of women in Latin America and the Caribbean are part of the workforce, a rate that rises to 70 per cent when considering only women between 20 and 40 years old. This has been significantly improving countries’ ability to generate wealth, enhancing well-being of households and reducing poverty.
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